CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 61

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1486

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Public Safety Narcotics Enforcement Division Administrator (Administrator) to disclose confidential information from the Electronic Prescription Accountability System to the United States Department of Defense health agency prescription monitoring program and authorized employees of the state Department of Health Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch.

Your Committee on Conference finds that allowing the Administrator to disclose confidential information from the Electronic Prescription Accountability System to other agencies furthers the State's objectives of the Hawaii Opioid Action Plan, which was developed by the Hawaii Opioid Initiative. Your Committee on Conference further finds that sharing information between agencies would provide the Department of Health necessary information to better protect the community through opioid prescription and public health monitoring.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making it effective on July 1, 2019.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Co-Chair